Comparison

Commit vs Tadpole

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Commit

Build lasting habits with customizable regularity and visualize your progress through an elegant grid. Focus on how you feel, not just stats, with minimal visual elements. Stay on track with home screen widgets and tailored reminders.

Highlights
  • Customizable habit regularity
  • Visual progress grid
  • Home screen widgets
  • Tailored habit reminders
  • Share progress with others
  • 75 Hard/Soft challenge support
  • Calendar view
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COMMIT TO HABITS You commit yourself for a change by creating a new habit with customizable regularity that suits only you. VISUALIZE YOUR PROGRESS Elegantly designed grid enables you to focus on the big picture and see the power of consistency and compounding. So you won't feel the pressure when missing some tasks. FEELINGS OVER FIGURES We believe that stats and dates are not important. What matters most is how you feel. That's why by default the app operates in mode with minimum visual elements. STAY ON TRACK WITH WIDGETS Get a quick view of your daily habits or stay aligned with the big picture of last month's recap. Track your progress right on your home screen with Commit's widgets. HABIT REMINDERS: CULTIVATE CONSISTENCY WITH MORNING, EVENING, AND MORE Make progress effortless with tailored reminders that help you stay consistent and focused. SHARE YOUR PROGRESS AND INSPIRE OTHERS Spread positivity by sharing your success and motivate others to achieve their goals with you. TRANSFORM YOUR MIND AND BODY WITH 75 SOFT/HARD CHALLENGE 75 days of discipline, hard work, and progress: are you up for the challenge? You wanna follow a diet, drink a gallon of water, read 10 pages and complete 2 workouts a day? We will help you manage your progress and complete the renowned 75 hard program. CALENDAR VIEW For those who feels more comfortable seeing the picture spread across the months and dates. FOCUS ON ONE HABIT WITH EASE Filter habits and stay focused on what matters most. DELIGHTFUL INTERACTIVITY Snappy feedback and fluidity of the interfaces make navigating and using it feel like a breeze. CONTROL YOUR HISTORY Toggling completion of the given habit is allowed both for the current day and the days in the past. NEED HELP? Support: https://www.trycommit.app/support Terms of Use: https://www.trycommit.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.trycommit.app/privacy

About

Tadpole

Features
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Tadpole is a calm challenge tracker that measures consistency, not streaks. Miss a day and you don't start over. Tomorrow's a fresh page. Start a challenge: 30 days of running, 90 days of reading, a month without alcohol, daily guitar practice. Then answer one question each day: how did today go? DONE, PARTIAL OR MISSED One tap is enough. Did some of it? Log Partial. It counts for half, because something beats nothing. Forgot? You can still log yesterday until midnight. SEE YOUR PATTERN Every challenge gets its own calendar. Day by day the grid fills up, and you see when it went well, when it didn't, and that you kept going. CONSISTENCY, NOT PERFECTION Your consistency score shows how often you really showed up. Next to it: done, partial and missed days, your best streak and how far along you are. A TIMER WHEN YOU WANT ONE Give a challenge a timer, from 5 minutes to 2 hours. When time's up, the day is logged as Done. A Live Activity keeps it on your Lock Screen. LIFE HAPPENS Sick or away? Move a day, up to three times a week. That day becomes a rest day and doesn't count as missed. TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS Start a group challenge and invite friends straight from the app or with a code. Everyone logs their own day. You see each other's days and who's most consistent so far, and you can cheer each other on. When it ends, you get the results together. A CALM FEED Follow friends you know. Share a milestone or a result with photos or a short video, and give a cheer. Only people you approve can follow you, and every challenge stays private until you share it. LOG FROM YOUR LOCK SCREEN Widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen show today's challenges and how far you are. Log Done, Partial or Missed without opening the app. ON YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch app shows today's challenges. Log with one tap and keep an eye on your day with a complication. QUIET REMINDERS Set a reminder per challenge. Days you've already logged are skipped. Gentle nudges come at most once in the morning and once in the evening, and you can turn each kind off. MORE WHEN YOU WANT IT Add a note, a photo or a number to any day: pages read, kilometres run, minutes practised. Or keep it to one tap. SHARE YOUR PROGRESS Turn a challenge into a clean story or sticker and share it anywhere, or straight to Instagram Stories. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No ads, no tracking. Personal challenges need no account and stay on your iPhone and Apple Watch. Friends, groups and the feed are optional and use Sign in with Apple. TADPOLE PRO Tadpole is free for up to 3 running challenges, and joining a friend's group challenge is always free. Tadpole Pro removes the limit and unlocks competitive group challenges, with a monthly subscription or a one-time purchase. In English, Dutch, German and Spanish. Finish what you started. Tadpole Pro Monthly renews automatically every month unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms for friends, groups and the feed: https://factual-joggers-bbb.notion.site/Tadpole-Terms-of-Use-3eac16f71dd581d18f45e199f3528b20 Privacy Policy: https://factual-joggers-bbb.notion.site/Tadpole-Privacy-Policy-354c16f71dd580d9bb84cdb58d1f27ee

Screenshots

Commit4 screens
Tadpole4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tadpole at none against Commit's 3. Tadpole also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). Commit's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Commit sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Tadpole asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Commit ships an update every 2 weeks, Tadpole every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Commit versus Tadpole: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCommitTadpole
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (58 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings58 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAidar NugmanovRoelof Jan Dijkman

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Commit

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Yearly$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$31.99
None

Tadpole

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Commit free?
Commit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tadpole free?
Tadpole is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Commit or Tadpole have ads?
Neither Commit nor Tadpole shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Commit or Tadpole?
Commit ships an update every 2 weeks, and Tadpole every 3 days. Most recently, Commit was updated on October 24, 2026 and Tadpole on October 10, 2026.

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